Hundreds of people in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, joined Istisqa prayers — a special prayer for rain — as the country battles devastating wildfires. Muslims perform this special prayer to seek rain during periods of drought.
The country is currently facing severe wildfires, with some blazes burning for weeks.
Thousands of people across the country have been hospitalized with respiratory infections.
Millions of people in Sumatra and in Kalimantan, the Indonesian portion of Borneo, have been engulfed in toxic smoke caused by the wildfires.
The smoke has also spread to neighboring Malaysia and further north to the Philippines.